CHOCOLATE ORANGE CHEESECAKE
Ingredients 1 3/4 cups Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Chips 6 ounces shortbread cookies, crushed 1/4 cup butter, melted 16 ounces cream cheese (for filling) 1 3/4 cups sugar (for filling) 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate (for filling) 3 large eggs (for filling) 1 1/ 2 cups sour cream (for topping) 6 tablespoons sugar (for topping) 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate (for topping)
Crust: Preheat oven to 325°F. Combine cookies and butter with a fork. Press into bottom of a 9-inch spring form pan and slightly up the sides. Bake 15 minutes. Cool.
Filling: Melt 1 ½ cups chocolate chips at 30-second intervals, stirring after every 30 seconds until melted. Cool.Beat cream cheese and 1-3/4 cups sugar until smooth. Add 1-1/2 cups chocolate chips, 1/3 cup orange juice, and eggs, one at a time. Pour into crust, and bake 50 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.
Topping: Mix sour cream, 6 tablespoons sugar and 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate together. Spread over cake. Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup melted chocolate chips over. Bake 5 minutes. Turn off heat, and cool in the oven with the door slightly open for 30 minutes.
Place in refrigerator overnight before serving.
The sugar in your Chocolate Orange Cheesecake—1 3/4 cups sugar (for filling), 1/3 cup orange juice concentrate (for filling), 6 tablespoons sugar (for topping) and 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate (for topping)—will cause an insulin spike which is worse than the fats used to make it.
Oh my that looks wonderful, thanks for posting the recipe! Will try it soon.